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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanThe new content creators who could swing this election โ podcast
Debate about influencers, content creators and their role in political commentary and coverage has made the 2025 federal election campaign different from previous years. At the same time, the demographic split of voters has also changed significantly: for the first time, gen Z and millennial voters will outnumber baby boomers.Guardian reporter Rafqa Touma speaks to two of the most high-profile Australian creators on...
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Yes, this is Australiaโs cost-of-living election โ but where do the parties stand on other key policies?
Energy, education and welfare are barely rating a mention in the campaign. Hereโs whatโs on offer other than sugar hits to the hip pocketElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:โSick of being ignoredโ: galvanised by Gaza, Australian Muslims aim to exert new political power at the election
Campaigns that have sprung up to energise Australiaโs 650,000 voting-age Muslims say the ramifications will extend well beyond 3 MayElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Politics with Michelle Grattan: historian Frank Bongiorno on dramatic shifts in how elections are fought and won
From handling town hall hecklers to swaying voters through podcasts and online algorithms, Australian election campaigns have transformed in recent generations.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Albanese government announces $1.2 billion plan to purchase critical minerals
A re-elected Albanese government will take the unprecedented step of buying or obtaining options over key critical minerals to protect Australiaโs national interest.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Coalition pledges to remove EV tax break two days after Dutton ruled out scrapping it โ as it happened
This blog is now closedPeter Dutton reaffirms support for antisemitism citizenship test question and re-vetting Palestinian visasAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:The Coalitionโs defence plans are a kneejerk, impossible dream when what we need is achievable policy | Allan Behm
Increased spending is just another way of throwing up our hands, refusing to deal with the present and showing our inability to deal with the futurePoliticians do not do irony well, especially when they are on the ropes.How else can one understand the Coalitionโs invertebrate media release two days before Anzac Day โ commemorating over 100,000 Australian war dead โ which outlines a defence plan that could put...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Australia needs bold ideas on defence. The Coalitionโs increased spending plan falls disappointingly short
The Coalitionโs long-awaited defence plan is a โsteady-as-she-goesโ approach in a world of increasing volatility.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Sniping koalas from helicopters: hereโs whatโs wrong with Victoriaโs unprecedented cull
The culling of 700 starving koalas in Victoria has triggered outrage. There has to be a better way to respond after bushfire.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Rather than short-term fixes, communities need flexible plans to prepare for a range of likely climate impacts
Adaptive planning doesnโt mean people have to abandon coastal towns. It is about having a roadmap with multiple options to adjust as climate conditions evolve.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Feeling mad? New research suggests mindfulness could help manage anger and aggression
Nearly one-quarter of us feel angry on any given day. Hereโs how mindfulness could help.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Who will the next pope be? Here are some top contenders
For centuries, the role has gone to a member of the College of Cardinals โ and almost always to an Italian. Might we soon have our first pope from Asia or Africa?
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:The โresponsible gamblingโ mantra does nothing to prevent harm. It probably makes things worse
โResponsible gamblingโ depicts gambling harm as an issue for a small minority of people: so-called problem gamblers.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:This election, Gen Z and Millennials hold most of the voting power. How might they wield it?
Young voters will decide who makes up Australiaโs next government. Hereโs how they might vote.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Only a third of Australians support increasing defence spending: new research
The major parties have made defence a central part of their election campaigns. A new survey suggests, however, this is not cutting through with the public.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Why do Labor and the Coalition have so many similar policies? Itโs simple mathematics
Game theory shows why political parties may gravitate to the centre in the quest for the median voter.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Albaneseโs brand of cultural Catholicism harks back to an earlier Australia โ but itโs also thoroughly modern | Frank Bongiorno
We donโt know if the prime minister marks the Catholic box on his census form. We do know that his heritage is meaningful to himSome observers were surprised at the depth of emotion that Anthony Albanese showed when delivering his statement responding to the death of Pope Francis. The status of Australiaโs prime minister as โmourner-in-chiefโ is now well established but at this time of the year it is normally displayed...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:After stunning comeback, centre-left Liberals likely to win majority of seats at Canadian election
In January, the governing Liberals were more than 20 points behind in the polls, but with an election just days away, theyโre now well ahead.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:The Greens are hoping for another โgreenslideโ election. What do the polls say?
The Greens will be defending a record four lower house seats at the election. Here are their chances in another five seats they are targeting across the country.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Scientists claim to have found evidence of alien life. But โbiosignaturesโ might hide more than they reveal
Looking at the history of โbiosignatureโ discoveries shows why they can be problematic.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Early voters smash first day record
More than 500,000 votes were cast in the first day of early voting on Tuesday, as the trend continues of more Australians heading to the ballot box before the official polling day.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:What would change your mind about climate change? We asked 5,000 Australians โ hereโs what they told us
Most Australians are still able to be convinced on climate change. As climate action drops off the radar, thatโs good news
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:What to know about Harvey Weinstein's retrial
A former high-flying movie producer with a string of Oscar winners, Harvey Weinstein returns to court for a retrial of his rape and sexual assault charges.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Manly prop banned for four games to 'send a clear message' on hip drops
Toafofoa Sipley cops a four-game ban for a hip drop that broke the leg of Dragons winger Mat Feagai, with the panel saying they want to "send a clear message" about the dangers of the tackle.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:For more than 40 years, whoever wins this seat wins the election
Housing affordability weighs heavily on voters in a NSW Central Coast seat that has been won by the party that goes on to form government at every election since 1983.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Punters at final Bluesfest feel 'betrayed' as festival renewed for 2026
Music lovers who wanted to be a part of history by attending the supposed final edition of the Bluesfest in Byron Bay are angry to hear the festival will return next year.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Remote dialysis unit reunites families after 'scary, lonely' journeys
Frank Watt has been able to return to his home and family after two years away thanks to a new dialysis unit on Mornington Island.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:'It's got no water': Councillors and locals question Olympic canoe venue
Opponents of a whitewater centre planned for south-east Queensland say they've "drawn the short straw" on Olympic venues.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Emails reveal government's mixed messaging on YouTube's 'sweetheart deal'
The federal government has doubled down on its decision to give YouTube a carve-out from the teen social media ban, despite privately assuring rival platforms that "no final decisions" have been made, the ABC can reveal.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:PM has been brandishing a Medicare card and Dutton is reaping what he sowed
Time and time again, the Coalition has been forced to deny claims about plans to privatise Australia's healthcare system.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Live: Tesla profit plunges 70pc as sales take a hit
Tesla's profit followed sales south as Elon Musk faces backlash. US stocks and the greenback regain ground on hopes of a trade war de-escalation. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:'I am the minister': NT government shuts down call for Darwin Waterfront inquiry
The Northern Territory government has dismissed calls for an independent inquiry into allegations over the misuse of public funding at the Darwin Waterfront Corporation.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:AEC says federal election voting in WA won't have same problems as state poll
The Australian Electoral Commission is confident there will be no repeat of the issues that plagued Western Australia's recent state election when it comes to the May 3 federal poll.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Live: Coalition quizzed on defence spending plan
About 6,000 tradies would have their qualifications fast-tracked under a Labor plan to bolster the construction workforce. Follow live.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Police seize stolen goods, arrest five men over luxury store raids in Melbourne
Investigators descended on properties in Melbourne's south-east on Tuesday, seizing luxury items and stolen cars and arresting five men aged between 21 and 31.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source: